Today's News of Fresh Disaster Sponsored by Time-Warner-CNN-HBO

An Air Algeria-operated MD83 carrying 116 passengers and crew disappeared en route from Burkina Faso in Africa to Algiers, the aircraft’s owner said.

The plane, which took off in the west African country shortly after midnight, was supposed to land at 05:10 a.m. local time, Swiftair, a charter company based in Spain said in a statement today. The plane carried 110 passengers and six crew.

“There has been no contact with the plane until now,” Swiftair said. “Emergency teams and the company’s personnel are working to figure out what happened and will notify people as further information is available.”

Ukraine: “While Kiev made significant advances against rebels in the country’s east in recent days, Ukrainian and U.S. officials say Russian weapons are continuing to pour over the border. The escalation in fighting suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of dialing back his support for the separatists, denting Western hopes that international attention from the airliner crash would force him to change course.”

In contrast, a "tiny bit of good news" spotted by Jim out of Israel...

“Under pressure from Israeli and American officials, the Federal Aviation Administration lifted a temporary ban on flights by American carriers to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport late on Wednesday night.” The European airlines are reinstating flights.

...Followed by more grim news from Europe, which reads like the continent is reverting back to 1930s-era antisemitism.

Naturally, Time-Warner-CNN-HBO has a serious case of amnesia as to how we got here. To refresh their memory, here's the man they propped up in 2008 holding a copy of Time columnist and CNN droning head Fareed Zakaria's then new book, which portrayed the brave new "Post-American World" as if it were a good thing. Here's CNN clearing a path for Barack Obama in mid-2008 via "The Wright-Free Zone":

And who did everything she could to derail Romney's chances in 2012? But of course:

I'm not sure which is worse -- Time-Warner-CNN-HBO feigning surprise that the world has ended up as ugly as it has during the administrations that they greased the skids for twice, or their amnesia regarding their complicity. But in any case, today's news of fresh disaster was sadly all too predictable -- and avoidable.